Installing Vista over XP

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minotar

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Hi,
I was wondering if this was possible with the XP drivers as when i tried to install windows 7 it couldnt detect the drivers at all.
I reinstalled XP since and used online software to find the drivers (realteck and VIA/S3) as the company that made the pc (Iqon) have gone into liquidation and the drivers are no longer available from their site.

Thanks
 

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Hello Minotar,

If you want to install the Windows Seven, first steps would be to search for drivers. The XP drivers won't work on Seven. As you mentioned there is impossible to get them from the computer manufacturer site, so my guess is you could try to search for them on the independent sites dedicated for drivers like this one for example.

How old is your machine? Would you fill the system specs? Perhaps, someone would help you to find specific drivers for the hardware you have, but I think, there will be very hard to find the ones for Win 7.

Also you could try to install the new OS and see if the Windows generic drivers work.

Hope it helps. Cheers...

Martee
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway P7805u FX
    CPU
    Intel Core2Duo T9600 2.80GHz 1066MHz FSB
    Motherboard
    Intel PM45
    Memory
    8GB 1066MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS 1GB DDR3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 17" WUXGA TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1920x 1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 2x500GB
    Case
    notebook
    Other Info
    BT/BD
theog said:
Hi

There web site:

iQon Technologies :: The Smarter Choice :: Home / Office Products
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Hi,the driver section of the website is down:huh:

Martee said:
Hello Minotar,

If you want to install the Windows Seven, first steps would be to search for drivers. The XP drivers won't work on Seven. As you mentioned there is impossible to get them from the computer manufacturer site, so my guess is you could try to search for them on the independent sites dedicated for drivers like this one for example.

How old is your machine? Would you fill the system specs? Perhaps, someone would help you to find specific drivers for the hardware you have, but I think, there will be very hard to find the ones for Win 7.

Also you could try to install the new OS and see if the Windows generic drivers work.

Hope it helps. Cheers...

Martee
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The machine is about 4 years old.
512mb of ram
unichrome pro graphics
realteak audio
xp proffesional (full clean install)
Im almost sure it has an intel proccessor,im not too surwe as i wont have the pc at hand until later tonight.

On drivers,i take it most update the software on them so that they can be used with 7 or vista?
And do the drivers have to be very specific (as in versions, etc Ver. 10.12.1.304056)
to work or can you force them?

I understand im asking simple questions but if i dont ask i wont learn:)
 

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As I mentioned before the XP drivers won't work on Windows 7. I'm not telling this 100%, because sometimes they may, but chances are limited.

There is possible to update the drivers in the Device Manager or via Windows update after installing the new OS. The most important ones are the chipset and storage driver, the graphic driver, the audio and the network driver.

Please download the PC Wizard software that will tell you what hardware you have on your machine. It is good to know what's inside. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway P7805u FX
    CPU
    Intel Core2Duo T9600 2.80GHz 1066MHz FSB
    Motherboard
    Intel PM45
    Memory
    8GB 1066MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS 1GB DDR3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 17" WUXGA TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1920x 1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 2x500GB
    Case
    notebook
    Other Info
    BT/BD
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